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necessity_n we_o deny_v your_o assumption_n and_o now_o that_o you_o see_v your_o mark_n look_v to_o your_o aim_n and_o first_o prove_v if_o you_o can_v your_o proposition_n than_o afterward_o your_o assumption_n for_o otherwise_o you_o can_v conclude_v against_o our_o ceremony_n just_o nothing_o at_o all_o sect_n ii_o the_o proof_n use_v by_o the_o nonconformist_n against_o such_o ceremony_n which_o have_v be_v superstitious_o abuse_v their_o proof_n be_v from_o example_n of_o the_o abolish_n of_o ceremony_n that_o have_v be_v either_o heathenish_o jewish_o or_o heretical_o abuse_v their_o first_o objection_n concern_v heathenish_a ceremony_n by_o diverse_a instance_n in_o scripture_n this_o may_v appear_v by_o godâ—_n word_n forbid_v all_o provocation_n unto_o spiritual_a fornication_n 17._o and_o command_v we_o to_o separate_v ourselves_o from_o idolater_n aâ—d_v to_o â—e_a as_o unlike_o they_o as_o may_v be_v especial_o in_o their_o religious_a observation_n and_o ceremony_n and_o 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together_o now_o we_o know_v that_o incest_n be_v forbid_v as_o
which_o they_o give_v unto_o god_n our_o answer_n but_o our_o church_n use_v that_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n with_o no_o such_o superstition_n either_o by_o use_v it_o as_o a_o special_a badge_n of_o any_o idolatrous_a religion_n or_o by_o ascribe_v unto_o it_o any_o miraculous_a power_n of_o drive_v out_o devil_n or_o of_o cure_v disease_n or_o by_o sanctify_a person_n that_o be_v mark_v therewith_o or_o yet_o by_o offer_v the_o worship_n of_o latria_n yea_o or_o so_o much_o as_o dulia_n unto_o it_o and_o contrariwise_o profess_v that_o she_o have_v purge_v this_o sign_n from_o all_o popish_a superstition_n and_o error_n 30._o and_o to_o use_v it_o only_o as_o primitive_o it_o be_v use_v that_o be_v only_o as_o a_o token_n whereby_o there_o be_v protestation_n make_v of_o a_o future_a constancy_n in_o the_o profession_n of_o christianity_n you_o yourselves_o can_v not_o but_o discern_v hereby_o as_o great_a a_o difference_n between_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o between_o religous_a devotion_n and_o blind_a superstition_n light_n and_o darkness_n god_n and_o belial_n i_o pass_v over_o the_o main_a argument_n take_v from_o the_o former_a abuse_n and_o scandal_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v occasion_v by_o this_o sign_n because_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v my_o reader_n with_o needless_a repetition_n of_o that_o answer_n 6._o which_o have_v more_o than_o once_o be_v give_v to_o this_o kind_n of_o objection_n sect_n ix_o their_o four_o accusation_n against_o the_o use_n of_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n about_o the_o time_n of_o baptism_n be_v from_o the_o consequent_a licence_n of_o ordinary_a cross_n of_o the_o body_n in_o other_o part_n and_o upon_o other_o occasion_n 27._o if_o cross_v upon_o the_o forehead_n be_v lawful_a then_o that_o which_o be_v less_o ill_a be_v lawful_a viz._n the_o cross_n upon_o the_o breast_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o papist_n our_o answer_n i_o perceive_v that_o if_o 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